Rolf Harris : Two Little Boys
Added: Aug 21, 2008
Author: Rikkyhardo
Duration: 3:13
Rolf Harris again ... singing Two Little Boys ... another favourite of mine from yesteryear ... also a song that me missus sang to these to lads when they were nippers ... there is another reason for my making of this. My eldest daughter made a slideshow with PictureStory3 using this song about five years ago ... the two little boys being her two youngest brothers. She added the images and the song and the program made a beaut slideshow . I still had the file and tried to upload it through Windows Movie Maker ... but unfortunately it didn't work. So here is my reproduction with a few more pictures added, sadly it ain't a patch on the original, still ... as Charlie drake would say ... "Never mind ay"Now some facts about the song ...In 1969, during a tour of Arnhem Land with his wife and daughter, Rolf stayed with a man called Ted Egan. Ted sung him this song, which Rolf recorded on tape. When he got back to England he talked his television producer into using the song, but Rolf discovered he had lost the tape! Rolf rang Ted living in Canberra, and got him to sing the song over the phone. Alan Braden arranged the song for the TV show, and the audience reaction was so marvellous that Rolf decided to record it. This song was top of the hit parade for seven weeks over Christmas 1969.________________________________________(Morse - Madden arr. Braden) H. Darewski Music / EMI / Redwood Music (P) 1969Cond. Alan Braden - Produced by Mickey ClarkeTwo little boys had two little toys Each had a wooden horse Gaily they played each summer's day Warriors both of course One little chap then had a mishap Broke off his horse's head Wept for his toy then cried with joy As his young playmate said Did you think I would leave you crying When there's room on my horse for two Climb up here Jack and don't be crying I can go just as fast with two When we grow up we'll both be soldiers And our horses will not be toys And I wonder if we'll remember When we were two little boys Long years had passed, war came so fast Bravely they marched away Cannon roared loud, and in the mad crowd Wounded and dying lay Up goes a shout, a horse dashes out Out from the ranks so blue Gallops away to where Joe lay Then came a voice he knew Did you think I would leave you dying When there's room on my horse for two Climb up here Joe, we'll soon be flying I can go just as fast with two Did you say Joe I'm all a-tremble Perhaps it's the battle's noise But I think it's that I remember When we were two little boys Do you think I would leave you dying There's room on my horse for two Climb up here Joe, we'll soon by flying Back to the ranks so blue Can you feel Joe I'm all a tremble Perhaps it's the battle's noise But I think it's that I remember When we were two little boys
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Rating: 4.44 (9 ratings)
Views: 566' favoriteCount='9
Comments: 7
Added: Aug 21, 2008
Author: Rikkyhardo
Duration: 3:13
Rolf Harris again ... singing Two Little Boys ... another favourite of mine from yesteryear ... also a song that me missus sang to these to lads when they were nippers ... there is another reason for my making of this. My eldest daughter made a slideshow with PictureStory3 using this song about five years ago ... the two little boys being her two youngest brothers. She added the images and the song and the program made a beaut slideshow . I still had the file and tried to upload it through Windows Movie Maker ... but unfortunately it didn't work. So here is my reproduction with a few more pictures added, sadly it ain't a patch on the original, still ... as Charlie drake would say ... "Never mind ay"Now some facts about the song ...In 1969, during a tour of Arnhem Land with his wife and daughter, Rolf stayed with a man called Ted Egan. Ted sung him this song, which Rolf recorded on tape. When he got back to England he talked his television producer into using the song, but Rolf discovered he had lost the tape! Rolf rang Ted living in Canberra, and got him to sing the song over the phone. Alan Braden arranged the song for the TV show, and the audience reaction was so marvellous that Rolf decided to record it. This song was top of the hit parade for seven weeks over Christmas 1969.________________________________________(Morse - Madden arr. Braden) H. Darewski Music / EMI / Redwood Music (P) 1969Cond. Alan Braden - Produced by Mickey ClarkeTwo little boys had two little toys Each had a wooden horse Gaily they played each summer's day Warriors both of course One little chap then had a mishap Broke off his horse's head Wept for his toy then cried with joy As his young playmate said Did you think I would leave you crying When there's room on my horse for two Climb up here Jack and don't be crying I can go just as fast with two When we grow up we'll both be soldiers And our horses will not be toys And I wonder if we'll remember When we were two little boys Long years had passed, war came so fast Bravely they marched away Cannon roared loud, and in the mad crowd Wounded and dying lay Up goes a shout, a horse dashes out Out from the ranks so blue Gallops away to where Joe lay Then came a voice he knew Did you think I would leave you dying When there's room on my horse for two Climb up here Joe, we'll soon be flying I can go just as fast with two Did you say Joe I'm all a-tremble Perhaps it's the battle's noise But I think it's that I remember When we were two little boys Do you think I would leave you dying There's room on my horse for two Climb up here Joe, we'll soon by flying Back to the ranks so blue Can you feel Joe I'm all a tremble Perhaps it's the battle's noise But I think it's that I remember When we were two little boys
Channel: Music
Tags: 1960 1969 1970 60's 70's aboriginals art artist australia australian boys christmas harris hit little rolf singer two
Rating: 4.44 (9 ratings) Views: 566' favoriteCount='9 Comments: 7
